Bulls To Play Illinois in 2017, 2018

The University of South Florida football team will visit Michigan State this weekend, the first game in a substantial set of games against Big Ten opponents.

USF announced Tuesday a two-game series with Illinois is to begin with a game in Tampa in 2017 before the Bulls head to Champaign, Ill., to play the return game in 2018.

Illinois is the fifth Big Ten team USF has scheduled a home-and-home series with. The others are Michigan State (East Lansing, Mich., on Saturday, Tampa in 2018), Maryland (Tampa next season, College Park, Mar., in 2015), Wisconsin (Madison, Wis., next season, Tampa in 2017) and Indiana (Tampa in 2015, Bloomington, Ind., in 2016.)